Ruby Rose to portray Batwoman
In a triumph for both The CW and LGBTQ inclusion, rising action star Ruby Rose has been cast as Batwoman in the network’s upcoming Arrowverse crossover.
Rose will debut as Kate Kane in December when storylines from The CW’S numerous DC shows — “The Flash,” “Arrow,” “Supergirl” and “DC’S Legends of Tomorrow” — intersect for the annual hero team-up, The CW announced Tuesday.
After that, the gender-fluid star will probably play Batwoman in the eponymous series being developed for the 2019-20 TV season.
Both the crossover and “Batwoman” series plan to feature Rose as the Gotham City vigilante, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter “with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind,” according to the network.
The original Batwoman went by Kathy Kane and debuted in “Detective Comics No. 233” in 1956. She was reintroduced in 2006, and that iteration turned the character into Bruce Wayne’s cousin, Kate Kane, a lesbian army brat who was expelled from West Point because of her sexuality.
Rose, 32, scored her breakout role as Stella Carlin on Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” and has since appeared in “Pitch Perfect 3” as well as the action flicks “John Wick: Chapter 2” and “XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
She can next be seen in Warner Bros.’ sci-fi horror film “The Meg,” due in theaters this weekend.